French police officer detained over terror plot linked to far-right ideology
- A French police officer suspected of adhering to violent far-right ideology has been arrested and placed in pre-trial detention over an alleged plot to carry out terrorist attacks, according to judicial sources.
- Issued on: 18/09/2026 - 13:30 2 min Reading time The 35-year-old officer, who was serving in the Yvelines department west of Paris, was arrested by anti-terrorism investigators on 23 August as he left work.
- He is suspected of planning violent attacks against state interests and of manufacturing weapons using a 3D printer, according to French broadcaster TF1/LCI, which revealed the case
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- A French police officer suspected of adhering to violent far-right ideology has been arrested and placed in pre-trial detention over an alleged plot to carry out terrorist attacks, according to judicial sources.
- Issued on: 18/09/2026 - 13:30 2 min Reading time The 35-year-old officer, who was serving in the Yvelines department west of Paris, was arrested by anti-terrorism investigators on 23 August as he left work.
- He is suspected of planning violent attacks against state interests and of manufacturing weapons using a 3D printer, according to French broadcaster TF1/LCI, which revealed the case
Sources: RFI